World of Weird Al Yankovic

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:23 am**

http://www.shockhound.com/albums/378324 ... kipper-dan

There, sheesh.

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:25 am**

Geez, that artwork really isn't that good, IMO.

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:27 am**

If the artwork is any indication of how good the song is going to be, then I think some people will be disappointed.

The "style" of the artwork looks kinda familiar though...

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:28 am**

Are you kidding? Look at that marvelous HAT sitting on that tired-looking man's HEAD!

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:35 am**

TMBJon @ July 08, 2009 03:59 pm wrote: Yeah but I'm on my iPhone on set and google's producing nothing for me and my battery is dying.

I tried Google searching different variations on "Rolling Stone + 'Weird Al' Yankovic + Skipper Dan" and I'm pretty sure I didn't find Happy Steves' article,

...but last.fm MAY already have the song (or at least a preview clip of it) although that site's such a mess I didn't find it at all...

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:38 am**

Does anyone else want to speculate on the style parody target? I'm sticking with Jimmy Buffett, unless it's one of those true "originals" Al supposedly does from time to time. But I really hope it's not that.

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:38 am**

Jimmy Buffet would be a guess of mine too, given the title and artwork.

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:41 am**

TMBJon @ July 08, 2009 07:38 pm wrote: Does anyone else want to speculate on the style parody target? I'm sticking with Jimmy Buffett

I'd say that's a very good possibility. I can't think of any other well known musical artists that have ties to the tropics or places like that.

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:45 am**

Jimmy Buffet is a good guess.

Could also be a reggae kinda thing. He's already done Bob Marley though.

Posted: **Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:07 am**

I DISTINCTLY recognize that visual style - I don't know the name of the director/studio, but they also directed several They Might Be Giants videos on the "Here Come the..." and "Venue Songs" DVDs, including excellent videos for "Damn Good Times" and "Hollywood".

As for the musical style? I dunno, Jimmy Buffet sounds likely enough...or maybe Gordon Lightfoot? (I know, "Twine" was kinda Lightfoot-inspired, but it leaned much more towards Harry Chapin. And I'd also guess a "Sloop John B."-esque Beach Boys song if Al hadn't just done "Pancreas").

Maybe it's a more generic sea shanty/seafaring style. Maybe it's a faux-heroic tale about a fellow named Skipper Dan, with a similar structure to "Truck Driving Song," in that it starts out normal-ish before devolving into weird territory.

EDIT: the director's name is Divya Srinivasan.

World of Weird Al Yankovic

[spoiler] Skipper Dan